I Do, Make, Read, Watch, Eat…

It has been so busy around here. I haven’t had time to blog. I have been busy the last two weeks getting ready for registration and it’s here. Yesterday and today are registration days which are very hectic for financial aid. But I’m glad that the students are back. So, welcome back students.

I also wanted to say to myself: “Welcome back to Pinterest!” Since I was ahead of schedule this morning before work I took some time to welcome myself back to Pinterest. Here are some of my favorite pins from my pinning this morning:

I wish I had a princess apron 🙂I wish I had a cute bench to decorate. Or a place to put a cute bench like this.

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Trying not to use Pinterest, I have found out how much time I really spend on Pinterest! It shocks me! I have pulled up the website probably 20 times since Saturday afternoon! I think I generally spend more time on Pinterest during a week than on any other social media site. This is proving to be much more challenging than I thought!

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Recently I have really been struggling with contentment. I feel like I am at a standstill in my life and I am ready for it to start again. I’m having a hard time being content with this time in our life of Adam working through seminary. I’m ready to move on and get on with our lives.

I am so glad that Adam is in seminary. I am really glad that we are able to make it work for him to go to seminary, but I’m anxiously awaiting our future.

I’m really trying to work on this, but it seems the more I consciously try to be content then the more I’m thinking about it and the more discontent I become. What a vicious cycle. I really am glad that Adam is able to go to seminary, but three to four years is starting to seem like a long time, and I’m not even the one in school.

While thinking of writing this post, I came up with a plan. One reason I think I am not content is because of Pinterest. Now don’t get me wrong, I love Pinterest. I think it is awesome. But all it does is make me wish for something that I don’t have. So starting today I’m going to spend 30-days without Pinterest to see if that makes a difference. During this time I am going to try and study and really dig deeper into contentment. Hopefully at the end of these 30 days you will see a happier, more content Lauren. I sure do hope so!

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I literally just looked at my calendar and realized that it is Friday and I totally missed my Thursday-Morning Tell-About! Life has been crazy around here. Please forgive me, and here is another Thursday-Morning Tell-About, Friday Edition. Enjoy!

My Movie Queue: Cold Mountain, The Guardian
Pages left to read in my current book: Lots in Les Mis and 111 in Silver Linings Playbook
I have made: nothing, but have lots of ideas
I have worked on: Doing Adam’s FAFSA, paying bills, and getting caught up at work. This weekend will be all about getting caught up at home.
Food made: Dominos Pizza
Goals checked off: none this week.
Games played: Sudoku
Favorite Pinterest pin:

Total Blog views since last Thursday: 185
Number of snow days: 0
Movies Watched: 3: Red Dawn, Around the World in 80 Days, There Will Be Blood
Books read: The Perfect Husband, Red Letter Revolution
This week I love: paying off all my medical bills
This week I hate: a messy house

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I cannot believe that it is Thursday already! This week has gone by so fast.

My Movie Queue: Around the World in 80 Days, Cold Mountain, There will be blood
Pages left to read in my current book: I’m reading several books and I’m not very far in any of them.
I have made: nothing. I have been too busy
I have worked on: stretching and exercising my shoulder
Food made: Sloppy Joes. Tonight I’m making chicken kabobs on the grill–yum!
Goals checked off: none this week.
Games played: Sudoku?
Favorite Pinterest pin:

Total Blog views since last Thursday: 101–I must have been boring this week
Number of snow days: 0
Movies Watched: 1-Melinda and Melinda (this is the fewest movies I’ve watched in a week in a long time)
Books read: The Host, For Parents Only, All for Jesus, For Parents Only, For Women Only: in the workplace, the cure, sandwich with a side of romance, the hound of rowan
This week I love: warm weather
This week I hate: being a staff member on Terrific Tuesday

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My Movie Queue: Hamlet, The Best Years of Our Lives, Cimarron, Wings, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Top Gun, Bella, Stranger Than Fiction
Pages left to read in my current book: I am currently reading three different books. I have 290 pages left in Julie and Julia, 113 in You Lost Me, and 566 in Anna Karenina
I have made: I have practiced crocheting doilies, but they have not gotten much better since the last time.
I have worked on: keeping the house clean in spite of being hurt and not feeling well
Food made: delicious skillet mac and cheese and strawberry oatmeal bars
Goals checked off: calling my mother once a week, writing a thank you note for the month. unfortunately, I had made plans for having people over and the sister date for the month and both have fallen through from sickness, so I guess I won’t be checking those off this month since it is the last day of February
Games played: Carcassonne, hand and foot
Favorite Pinterest pin:

“Relax! I’m just kidding.”

Total Blog views since last Thursday: 158 (all time views 1,013!)
Number of snow days: 0
Movies Watched: 5: Grand Hotel, South Pacific, Shallow Hal, Pitch Perfect, Lawrence of Arabia
Books read: none finished this week
This week I love: birthdays and the love of family and friends
This week I hate: getting sick

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Good Morning! And welcome to the “Thursday-Morning Tell-About,” the part of this blog where I tell you about my week. Yes, I know the week is not over yet, but it’s been a week since last Thursday and I’m starting a tradition here.

My Movie Queue: Goodfellas, The Warrior, Mrs. Miniver, Patton
Pages left to read in my current book: 100
I have made: Homemade Chai Tea
I have worked on: That stupid rug I will never finish
Food made: Apple Pork Chops, quesadillas, grilled cheese, pizza, salad, cereal
Goals checked off: none I haven’t started yet
Games played: Adam and I have played lots of hand and foot
Favorite Pinterest pin:
Total Blog views since last Thursday: 103
Number of snow days: 1
Movies Watched: 4: The Sound of Music, All the King’s Men, Anastasia, Rendition, Love Actually
Books read: 2: Memoirs of a Geishaand Nobody’s Princess
This week I love: Cheesy Bacon Grits
This week I hate: running errands
Days until my birthday: 25

Thank you all for reading and for making this blog so much fun to write!
I hope you enjoyed the first of many Thursday-Morning Tell-Abouts

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This is one of the crafts that I had seen on Pinterest (surprise, surprise) that I finally got to do.

Now, when I was looking at it on Pinterest, it didn’t have a tutorial with it, so I kinda had to make it up as I went. On Pinterest it said, “just buy a $3 spindle at Lowe’s” and that ended up being the hardest parts. Adam and I wandered around Lowe’s for a long time looking for a spindle. I found many table legs and chair legs, but no spindle. Finally, when I was about to give up hope, I found a spindle. It ended up being $1 and some change. It didn’t look exactly like the one online did, but I figured it would work.

So, I sat there staring at this wooden spindle in my living room for 2-3 weeks trying to figure out how to turn it into a snowman. It wasn’t as fat and round as I had originally envisioned so I had to mull over its transformation for a while. Finally, one night I figured it out and set to work.

I painted the spindle white, and then added black eyes, mouth, and buttons and an orange carrot nose. I had some extra fabric around for the scarf and hat. I nailed the fabric to the head and tied it at the top. I am very happy with how my indoor snowman turned out.